The Chinese car giant BYD confirmed that the smallest and most popular electric cars – Atto 1 – is about to land on the Australian beaches with expectations that it will be the lowest EV price in the market.
The ads come a month after the car said It will be provided For New Zealand this year, with a highlight of paid at the time it is possible that the doors are likely to open until the model descends in Australia.
No prices have been offered for the new model, but we can expect to decrease well under the BODID DOLPHIN, which starts from $ 29,990 before the roads.
“ATTO 1 will be the most EV in Australia with some margin, and opened the door to more Australians to reach the steering wheel in their new power vehicle,” said Stephen Collins, the chief operational officer in Australia in a statement in a statement.
“As we saw with amazing sales numbers abroad, we expect strong interest in demand locally. When it comes to the Atto group, start believing the noise.”
According to BYD, Atto 1 Hatchback will be launched, as well as the recently approved Atto 2 SUV models, in November this year.
The Australian version is likely to be similar to Atto 1 shows in New Zealand, where it will have it Two variables, starting with the basic model, which will come with a blade battery package 30 kWh, up to 220 km of WLTP range.
This package will run the alternative motor that is installed in the foreground, and it is allowed to run a 0-100 km/h in about 13 seconds.
There will also be a higher variable of specifications with a larger battery package of 42 kWh, which is good for a 310 km group of WLTP range. Atto 1 is one of the highest specifications with a more powerful engine 114 kW, which reduces the same time 0-100 km/h in about 4 seconds to about 9 seconds.
In the interior of this model, there is a 10.1 -inch entertainment screen. Like other byds, this screen rotates and includes the Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for the owner’s convenience by bringing its favorite applications to the car.
Atto 1 was officially launched at the Shanghai Auto exhibition in April 2023 as Seagull BYD.
Since then, the company has handed over hundreds of thousands of these cars to customers in China and around the world, thus reaching cumulative sales for more than a million May 2025.
Meanwhile, earlier this year, the company Seagull launched the largest in Europe under the new name and issued its prices and specifications.
In this market, its size is implanted by 210 mm, and it comes shyly of only 4 meters with a length of 3,990 mm. It also witnessed an increase in the height that rose by 50 mm, as the car is now 1590 mm long.
More information will be provided about the pre -order of this hatchback later this month.
RIZ is the founder of Carlooop, based in Melbourne, specialized in Australian EV data, Insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first seven years of his career in building a transport infrastructure before Carloop. He has a passion for cars, especially EVS and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. It currently leads Tesla Red 3.
